Method and system for producing real-time interactive video and audio

• US 20050204287A1
• Filed: 05/09/2005
• Published: 09/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Imagetech Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Imagetech Company Limited
• Inventors: Wang, Chuan-Hong
• Application Number:
  US11/124,098
• Publication Number:
  US 20050204287A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/716
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/031 Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47205 for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally

Abstract

A method and system for producing real-time interactive video and audio is disclosed. An object image is firstly captured, and is then displayed on a screen. An item is selected from a menu, and accordingly a corresponding multimedia object or objects are also displayed. The object image and the selected multimedia object interact in such a manner that the interaction is displayed in real-time and is continuously recorded and saved.

Claims

1. A method for producing real-time interactive video and audio, said method comprising:

capturing an object image from an object;

displaying said object image on a screen;

providing a plurality of selectable items on said screen, wherein each said item corresponds to at least a multimedia object;

displaying said corresponding multimedia object according to the item that is selected;

continuously recording content that includes interaction between said object image and the corresponding multimedia object; and

saving said content.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said multimedia object is an element selected from the group consisting of text, photograph, audio, video, animation, and combination thereof.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said multimedia object follows the motion of said object image.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising detecting motion of said object image.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising tracking said object image.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising adding an effect image on said object image.

7. The method according to claim 6, further comprising generating at least an effect script for said effect image.

8. The method according to claim 6, further comprising choosing said interaction from one of the effect scripts.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of saving the content is determined from one of following modes:

saving the content during a specific interval;

saving the content at specified intervals;

saving the content according to a user'"'"'s choice; and

saving all of the content.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising adding art treatment to the content.

11. A computer-readable medium for storing a program which performs following steps comprising:

capturing an object image from an object;

displaying said object image on a screen;

providing a plurality of selectable items on said screen, wherein each said item corresponds to at least a multimedia object;

displaying the corresponding multimedia object according to the item that is selected;

continuously recording content that includes interaction between said object image and the corresponding multimedia object; and

saving said content.

12. The medium according to claim 11, wherein said program further comprises detecting motion of said object image.

13. The medium according to claim 11, wherein said program further comprises tracking said object image.

14. The medium according to claim 11, wherein said program further comprises adding an effect image on said object image.

15. The medium according to claim 11, wherein said program further comprises generating at least an effect script for said effect image.

16. A system for producing real-time interactive video and audio, said system comprising:

a display device including a screen;

a computing device including at least a processor, a memory and a program that includes at least a multimedia object and at least an effect script;

a capture device for capturing an image, wherein said image is then integrated with said multimedia object by said effect script to generate a composed media data to be displayed on the screen; and

means for saving said composed media data.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein said multimedia object is an element selected from the group consisting of text, photograph, audio, video, animation, and combination thereof.

18. The system according to claim 16, wherein said saving means is further for processing said composed media data by an art treatment.

19. The system according to claim 16, wherein said saving means has one of following modes:

saving the composed media data during a specific interval;

saving the composed media at specified intervals;

saving the composed media data according to a user'"'"'s choice; and

saving all of the composed media data.